Dining room system's evolved a bit
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Dining room system's evolved a bit
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Just for a bit of variety my Hifi from the late 70s (Akai turntable/Dynatron amp & speakers/JVC & Amstrad(!) tape decks/Fidelity tuner)
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Location: Lancaster(-ish), UK
Posts: 16,936
I'm ChrisB.
Crackin' wallpaper/curtain combo Roy!
And my stand of choice was an old G-plan coffee table with the turntable on the glass bit (which was chipped, think someone gave it to us)
Location: Dagenham Essex
Posts: 11,184
I'm Allen.
Quality Roy Quality![]()
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Location: N London
Posts: 630
I'm Steven.
Me too, didn't notice the hifi for the tasteful decor.
Were you wearing flares and a tank top when you took the pic ?
Main System
Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.